Lány Chateau

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in Lány

Opening concert

Thursday 1. 5. 2025 v 18:00

The concert is held under the auspices of JUDr. Ernest Kosár, Mayor of the municipality of Lány.

Admission 300 CZK

Performers

Jiří Houdek – trumpet
Aleš Bárta – organ

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Program

H. Purcell – Sonata in D major for Trumpet and Organ
(Pomposo-Andante maestoso-Allegro ma non troppo)
J. S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
J. S. Bach – Chorale “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” for Trumpet and Organ
J. S. Bach – Chorale “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g´mein”
J. B. Loeillet – Sonata in G minor for Trumpet and Organ
(Adagio-Vivace-Largo-Allegro)
C. Franck – Prelude, Fugue and Variations (Op.18)
A. Dvořák – When My Mother Gets Old for Trumpet and Organ
L. Boëllmann – Toccata (Suite Gothique, Op.25)
V. Bellini – Concerto for Trumpet and Organ

Jiří Houdek
Jiří Houdek
Jiří Houdek
Jiří Houdek

Program

H. Purcell – Sonata in D major for Trumpet and Organ
(Pomposo-Andante maestoso-Allegro ma non troppo)
J. S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
J. S. Bach – Chorale “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” for Trumpet and Organ
J. S. Bach – Chorale “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g´mein”
J. B. Loeillet – Sonata in G minor for Trumpet and Organ
(Adagio-Vivace-Largo-Allegro)
C. Franck – Prelude, Fugue and Variations (Op.18)
A. Dvořák – When My Mother Gets Old for Trumpet and Organ
L. Boëllmann – Toccata (Suite Gothique, Op.25)
V. Bellini – Concerto for Trumpet and Organ

Ales Barta

(born 1960) is one of the most successful Czech organists. He began his studies at the Brno Conservatoire under Prof. Josef Pukl and continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under doc.

Václav Rabas. Already during his studies he became a successful participant in important competitions. He is the winner of the International Organ Performance Competition of Anton Bruckner in Linz 1982, the laureate of the International Organ Competition of Franz Liszt in Budapest 1983 and the absolute winner of the International Organ Competition of the Prague Spring Festival 1984. As a soloist, he has appeared with leading symphony and chamber orchestras (Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosi di Praga, Prague Chamber Orchestra) and distinguished soloists (Josef Suk, Ivan Kusnjer, Sergej Kopčák, Miroslav Kejmar).

He has performed in Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Turkey, USA, Japan and China. He has performed at international festivals in Tokyo, London, Zurich, Berlin, Leipzig, Avignon, Madrid, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Budapest and Bratislava. A few years ago he realized a unique project of three CDs for the Japanese company Octavia Records, namely the recording of 7., 8. and the 9th Symphony of A. Dvořák.

Jiří Houdek

Jiří Houdek (* 1979) started playing the trumpet under the guidance of his father Mgr. Jiří Houdek. After graduating from the Conservatory in Prague, he studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and completed his education at master performance courses with renowned teachers. In 1995 he won the International Radio Competition Concertino Praga. He has performed as a soloist with many of our orchestras, including the Prague Philharmonic, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

Already at the age of sixteen his art was recorded on CD (1996) with recordings of solo concertos by J. N. Hummel, J. Haydn and a Vivaldi double concerto. In 2014 he performed with violinist Gabriela Demeterová in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Since 1999 he has been the 1st trumpeter of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and since 2008 he has been a member of the National Theatre Orchestra in Prague. He is a guest of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Solistes Européens Luxembourg.

In 2018 he released a CD with works by Baroque masters František Xaver Richter, Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn and Jan Křtitel Neruda, which he recorded with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vojtěch Spurný. His last CD Trumpet Masterpieces was released in 2022 (Radioservis). Since September 2022 he has been a member of Schagerl Artists and plays instruments of the world-famous Austrian company Schagerl.

Lány

The Baroque chateau in the village of Lány in the middle of the Křivoklát forests near Prague has been the official summer residence of the Presidents of the Czech Republic since 1921. It is currently open to the public in the form of guided tours. Visitors can also visit the large chateau park and the palm greenhouse from 1879.

The oldest written mention of Lány dates back to 1392. A wooden fortress stood here already then. At the end of the 16th century, Emperor Rudolf II bought Lány and had a Renaissance hunting castle built on the site of the original fortress. At the end of the 17th century, the Wallenstein family bought the castle. Count Jan Josef von Wallenstein had the chateau interiors renovated. From the beginning of the 18th century, Lány was in the possession of the Fürstenbergs until 1921, when the Czechoslovak state purchased the Lány castle for the representative purposes of the head of state.

Princess Marie Anna, née Wallenstein, married to Prince William Arnost of Fürstenberg, had the rococo chateau chapel of the Holy Name of Jesus built in 1748-1752 at a cost of 14,344 gold coins, which has served as the parish church of Lány since 1850. At the time of the chapel’s construction, the castle was still surrounded by a moat, and since the chapel was to be connected to the eastern wing of the castle, it was necessary to lead a covered connecting corridor from the first floor of the castle through arcaded arches.

The castle park was first mentioned around 1770. Its current appearance is influenced by the modifications of Josip Plečnik. Plečnik’s most striking work in the park is the wall on the eastern side of the pond dam, which includes an impressive fountain. It consists of five Doric columns decorated with bronze lion heads, from which water flows into the fountain and then falls into the pond as one massive stream.

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